{"id":8740,"date":"2017-03-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/condition-birth-control-pill-prevents-cancer\/"},"modified":"2017-03-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T00:00:00","slug":"condition-birth-control-pill-prevents-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/condition-birth-control-pill-prevents-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pill May Protect Against Cancer for 30 Years or More"},"content":{"rendered":"
Women who take the pill may enjoy long-term health benefits well beyond preventing pregnancy. A new study suggests that using oral contraceptives protects women from certain cancers for at least 30 years.<\/p>\n
Researchers at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland found pill users were less likely than other women to develop colorectal, endometrial, and ovarian cancers. About one in three women taking the pill were protected from developing ovarian and endometrial cancers, the study found. For colorectal cancer<\/a>, about one in five cases were avoided.<\/p>\n It wasn't all good news. There was an increased risk of breast and cervical cancer<\/a> in women who were currently or had recently been taking oral contraception, but that risk disappeared within 5 years of stopping the pill. And there was no evidence of a greater risk of these cancers appearing later in life.<\/p>\n Study author Lisa Iverson, Ph.D., and colleagues concluded that using the pill doesn’t appear to expose women to long-term cancer risks, and it may reduce the risk of some cancers long after users have stopped taking the pill.<\/p>\n <\/span>